Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.

New American Standard Bible

and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

King James Version

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

International Standard Version

Blessed be your good judgment, and blessed be you, who today stopped me from shedding blood and delivering myself by my own actions.

A Conservative Version

and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

American Standard Version

and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Amplified

And blessed be your discretion and discernment, and blessed be you, who has kept me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself by my own hand.

Bible in Basic English

A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

Darby Translation

And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Julia Smith Translation

And blessed thy discernment, and blessed thou who finished me this day from coming for bloods, and my hand saving for me.

King James 2000

And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, who has kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you who have prevented me this day from bloodguilt and [from] delivering myself by my own hand.

Modern King James verseion

And blessed is your advice, and blessed are you who have kept me from coming to shed blood today, and from delivering myself with my own hand.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

NET Bible

Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

New Heart English Bible

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

The Emphasized Bible

and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself, - who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand.

Webster

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

World English Bible

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Youngs Literal Translation

and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And blessed
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

and blessed
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

be thou, which hast kept
כּלא 
Kala' 
Usage: 18

me this day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

to shed blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

ישׁע 
Yasha` 
Usage: 205

References

Context Readings

Abigail Intercedes For Nabal

32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praise to the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today! 33 Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any men left by morning light.”



Cross References

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who want trouble for my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 24:19

When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go unharmed? May the Lord repay you with good for what you’ve done for me today.

1 Samuel 25:31

there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”

1 Samuel 26:9-10

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be blameless?”

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

A wise correction to a receptive ear
is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.

Proverbs 27:21

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and a man for the words of his praise.

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.

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